The majority of reaction to the unusual — and controversial — appointment of a dean at the University of Kansas “has been positive,” KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said Wednesday, but he declined to say whether the appointment would be made.
Girod briefly commented on the matter Wednesday to the Journal-World during a break in the January Board of Regents meeting in Topeka.
Last month, KU’s interim ...
A Lawrence art studio will become a hub for an upcoming global effort to create 1,000 depictions of internationally acclaimed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, who is known for her intense self-portraits.
“Night of 1,000 Fridas” was created by Theodore Carter, a Washington, D.C., author and street artist, with the goal of building community and bringing free and accessible art to the public.
Here in Lawrence, ...
As part of International Museum Selfie Day, KU's Natural History Museum will have its big polar bear back on display Wednesday — and you can take your picture with it.
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the museum will have its taxidermied bear available to the public. The polar bear traditionally stands just outside the panorama case inside the museum on Jayhawk Boulevard, but it has been missing recently as it has ...
Leaders of the American Association of University Professors at the University of Kansas are voicing adamant opposition to a dean appointment at KU that violates typical protocol for such appointments.
Lorie Williams, who is the AAUP chapter president at KU, and Mohamed El-Hodiri, who is the state conference president for AAUP, told the Journal-World that the process being used to appoint a new dean of the ...
A “Shutdown Shelf” of free bread is available at a Lawrence bakery for federal workers and contractors who are going without paychecks as the partial government shutdown drags on — Saturday will be the shutdown's 22nd day.
Sarah Burtch, the owner of Great Harvest Bread Company, 807 Vermont St., said she set up the shelf because she was feeling emotional reading about the struggles of federal employees on ...
An announcement on whether the current interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas will be appointed dean for the next three years could come sometime next week.
“We are using this week to look closely at the feedback and evaluate and prepare to report on this and other appointments with ongoing searches," Carl Lejuez, KU's interim provost, told the Journal-World ...
